Topic: Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2025-12-19 00:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Frozen assets are financial funds or property that the owner cannot access or use for any transaction or transfer because of restrictions imposed by a government — or bloc such as the European Union.
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[2025-12-19 00:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Австралискиот премиер Ентони Албанезе ги призна пропустите во борбата против антисемитизмот четири дена по нападот врз еврејскиот празник во Сиднеј. „Секој на оваа позиција би се каел што не направил повеќе“, изјави Албанезе пред парламентот во Канбера. Тој додаде дека сега треба да се гледа кон иднината и да се преземат мерки.
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[2025-12-18 22:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chinese ministry’s arm in Hong Kong says attempts to pressure nation akin to ‘mantis trying to stop a chariot or ant trying to shake a tree’
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[2025-12-18 22:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A former anaesthetist has been jailed for life for intentionally poisoning 30 patients, including 12 who died.
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[2025-12-18 22:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chairman Jose-Antonio Maurellet also says association will propose that key construction safety guidelines become legally binding
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[2025-12-18 21:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The reversal comes after videos of a dog being wheeled through the mall in a trolley stirred anger in the Muslim-majority country
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[2025-12-18 21:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: O Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF) formou maioria na noite de quarta-feira (17/12) para derrubar o chamado marco temporal . A tese, contestada por povos indígenas e entidades de defesa do meio ambiente e encampada por grande parte do agronegócio, define que os territórios indígenas devem ser reconhecidos com base em sua ocupação em 1988, ano na promulgação da Constituição.
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[2025-12-18 21:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Cho Ji-ho was removed for sending officers to disrupt parliament and undermine the election commission’s independence, the Constitutional Court ruled
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[2025-12-18 20:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Chinese government has deployed a team of drone experts to assist Sri Lanka in identifying areas damaged and at risk of flooding and landslides following Cyclone Ditva, the Disaster Management Center (DMC) said.
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[2025-12-18 19:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Government’s ‘Rebuilding Sri Lanka’ Fund, established to support the recovery of affected communities and national reconstruction in the aftermath of the Ditwah cyclone, continues to receive generous assistance from donors both locally and internationally.
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[2025-12-18 19:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Hon. Speaker, Dr. Jagath Wickramaratne announced to the House today that he endorsed the certificate on three Bills yesterday (17).
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[2025-12-18 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: In a call with his Caracas counterpart, the Chinese foreign minister says mutual trust and support are a tradition of bilateral ties
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[2025-12-18 18:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Former Anuradhapura District Parliamentarians Janak Mahendra Adhikari and S. C. Muthukumarana have passed away following periods of illness.
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[2025-12-18 18:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2025-12-18 18:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Health minister says plan underpins city’s contribution to national strategy of bringing healing powers of Chinese medicine to the world
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[2025-12-18 17:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Elected legislators say sharing session shows government values ties with lawmakers and call for earlier engagement to create better policies
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[2025-12-18 15:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says his government will crack down on hate speech following Sunday’s deadly shooting at Bondi Beach that targeted a Jewish festival.
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[2025-12-18 14:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Level 3 ‘Red’ landslide warnings have been issued to residents of seven Divisional Secretariat areas in the Kandy and Nuwara Eliya districts.
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[2025-12-18 14:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: In a White House speech, the president claimed economic and foreign policy wins while urging voters to back his agenda in the midterms
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[2025-12-18 14:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Readers discuss how addressing risk factors can save lives and minimise loss, the turnout of the Legislative Council election, and the Japanese prime minister’s controversial remarks on Taiwan
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[2025-12-18 13:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Prime Minister Albanese vowed to fight the ‘evil scourge’ of division and outlined measures to punish preachers stoking violence
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[2025-12-18 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Against backdrop of ongoing political tensions between the two countries, this heartwarming story quickly went viral on social media
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[2025-12-18 10:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: O Senado aprovou nesta quarta-feira (17/12), por 48 votos favoráveis, 25 contrários e um abstenção, o PL da Dosimetria. A proposta prevê a redução de penas de centenas de condenados pelos atentados à Praça dos Três Poderes em 8 de janeiro de 2023 e pela tentativa de golpe de Estado julgada pelo Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF).
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[2025-12-18 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Government’s efforts to rebuild the nation after its worst ever natural disaster continued last week amidst the continued influx of financial assistance from varied sources. This is while the opposition Sri Lanka Freedom party (SLFP) and former Speaker Asoka Ranwala were also in the limelight.
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[2025-12-18 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A Supplementary Estimate of Rs.500 billion will be presented to Parliament today (18) towards restoring the livelihoods of the people who were affected from the disaster situation in the country.
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[2025-12-18 06:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Bangladeshi President Mohammed Shahabuddin, elected unopposed in 2023 as a nominee of the Awami League, has announced his intention to step down midway through his term following February’s Parliamentary election. His decision comes amid tensions with the interim government led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus.
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[2025-12-18 06:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China, Wang Dongming, stated that China would extend its full support to the Government of Sri Lanka’s efforts to rebuild the lives of the Sri Lankan people and overcome the challenges posed by Cyclone Ditwah, expressing confidence that Sri Lanka will recover rapidly under the leadership of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.
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[2025-12-18 06:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: To seek foreign assistance for post-disaster recovery Estimated rebuilding cost to be around USD 7 Billion
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[2025-12-18 06:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump signed a proclamation on Tuesday further restricting the entry of foreign nationals to the United States.
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[2025-12-18 06:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Yellow Anaconda hatchling that went missing from the Dehiwala National Zoological Gardens earlier this month was recovered on Tuesday (16), Zoo officials confirmed.
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[2025-12-18 06:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The sun had barely crested the horizon over Mihintale when Chaminda Kumara crouched beneath a coconut tree. He brushed his fingers over the dry, fallen fronds scattered at his feet. To anyone else, they were debris, insignificant remnants of a tree that had stood for decades. But to Kumara, they were raw potential.
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[2025-12-18 06:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: – Za Olafa Scholza to by się absolutnie nie wydarzyło – mówi DW o berlińskich negocjacjach ws. pokoju w Ukrainie Eric Maurice, ekspert brukselskiego ośrodka analitycznego European Policy Centre (EPC). – Merz jest o wiele bardziej aktywnym na scenie międzynarodowej kanclerzem i nie boi się podejmować ryzyka. Scholz od niego stronił – dodaje.
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[2025-12-18 06:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A meeting was held between the officials of the Government Translators’ Service Union and Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya at the Prime Minister’s Office on Tuesday (16), to discuss the issues faced by the officers of the Government Translators’ Service.
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[2025-12-18 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The government has announced that the elderly allowance for the month of December this year will be credited to the bank accounts of the beneficiaries today (18).
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[2025-12-18 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Industrial Disaster Support Centre (IDSC) has so far received 29,649 data or inquiries, out of which 9,628 industries, 12,300 micro-scale enterprises, 9,844 small-scale enterprises, 6,644 medium-scale enterprises and 861 large-scale enterprises have been reported to have been affected by the disaster related to the manufacturing sector under the Ministry of Industries.
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[2025-12-18 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Chile has become the latest South American nation to move to the Right of the political spectrum, after Argentina, Ecuador, El Salvador and Bolivia. Only Brazil and Mexico have bucked the trend in recent times, with Brazil’s former Right-Wing President Jair Bolsonaro sentenced to jail for inciting a rebellion to overthrow the legitimately elected Leftist Government of President Lula Da Silva.
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[2025-12-18 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Irrigation Department announced that 26 major and 42 medium reservoirs across the country are currently spilling due to prevailing heavy rains and prompting calls for vigilance in downstream areas, while urging the public to monitor announcements.
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[2025-12-18 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Financial contributions from local and international institutions and philanthropists continue to be received daily by the Government’s ‘Rebuilding Sri Lanka’ Fund, established to restore livelihoods and rebuild the country in the aftermath of Cyclone Ditwah.
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[2025-12-18 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: * Expected to continue over Northern and Eastern parts of island * Strong winds of about (40-50) kmph could be expected at times
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[2025-12-18 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Alex Carey’s controversial reprieve on the first day of the third Ashes Test was down to an error by the operator of the Snicko technology.
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[2025-12-18 06:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: The British government on Wednesday said it was giving Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich a "final chance" to donate 2.5 billion pounds (roughly $3.4 billion or €2.85 billion) to Ukraine from the 2022 sale of Chelsea Football Club, or face legal action.
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[2025-12-18 05:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced a "blockade" of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela, increasing the pressure on Nicolas Maduro's government.
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[2025-12-18 04:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Após quatro grandes apagões em dois anos, a Enel enfrenta a iminente cassação da sua concessão para o fornecimento de energia elétrica em 24 municípios da região metropolitana de São Paulo. Os governos municipal, estadual e federal estão alinhados no pedido pelo processo de caducidade, que encerra precocemente o contrato da empresa multinacional, a vencer em 2028.
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[2025-12-18 03:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Supreme Court orally observed on Wednesday that the measures taken by the authorities to curb the rising levels of air pollution in the Delhi-NCR region have been a ‘total failure’ so far and are merely temporary policy decisions aimed at mitigating the health risks.
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[2025-12-18 01:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: To dość osobliwa, nie do końca spójna prezentacja w mediach społecznościowych, ale typowa dla Andreja Babisza. Nowy premier Republiki Czeskiej siedzi przy stole z wieńcem adwentowym. Ma na sobie koszulkę z napisem „No War” w ukraińskich barwach narodowych – niebieskim i żółtym.
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[2025-12-18 01:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The hacking group “ShinyHunters” said on Tuesday it has stolen data belonging to premium customers of the leading sex website Pornhub and is threatening to publish it.
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[2025-12-18 01:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: In Beijing on Wednesday, Su exchanged views with MIIT director on ‘strengthening cooperation’ in the digital economy and AI sectors
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[2025-12-18 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Outcome of ex-media tycoon’s Hong Kong trial poses stern test for Labour government’s balancing act with Beijing, observers say
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[2025-12-18 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Wuhan’s government is one of three parties accusing the US state of using the virus to stigmatise China
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[2025-12-17 23:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: It has been less than a year since Donald Trump became president of the United States, and he has already turned the country upside down. In November, his administration released a new national security strategy that redefines the goals of US foreign policy.
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